BLUE HILL METEOROLOGICAL OBSERVATORY MILTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02186 ELEVATION 635 FEET, 10 MILES SSW OF BOSTON, MA DAILY DISCUSSION AND CLIMATE SUMMARY WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 01, 2004 ALL TIMES ARE IN EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME TODAY'S DISCUSSION... NEAR NORMAL TEMPERATURE FOR AUGUST WETTER AND SLIGHTLY SUNNIER THAN NORMAL SUMMER AVERAGED 1.1 DEGREES COOLER THAN NORMAL Very warm temperatures near the end of the month almost entirely erased a cool August and so the mean for the month of 69.7 was just 0.2 below the 30 year normal. Precipitation totaled 5.82 inches or 1.76 above the average and... sunshine was 2 points above average at 60%; this thanks to eight almost completely sunny days late in the month. All three summer months averaged cooler than normal but August by only 0.2 degree with -2.1 for July and -1.0 for June so the summer winds up -1.1 from the average. TODAY'S OBSERVATIONS: 8 A.M. clear with 45 miles visibility; temp. 64; dewpoint 58; wind from the wnw at 10 mph; six hourly min. temp. 60; 24 hour precip. 0.02 inch. BHO SA 1155 CLR 45 201/64/58/3009/012/ FEW AC DSNT ESE-SW FEW ACC DSNT SSE-SSW FEW CI DSNT NW-N/ 8/081 53013 ASOS 70001 MANUAL 70002 10064 20060 11 a.m. clear with cumulus forming southeast through southwest through northwest; visibility 50 miles, temp. 73; dewpoint 55; wind w at 10 mph... BHO SA 1455 CLR 50 204/73/55/2809/013/ CUFRA/CU FRMG SE-SW-NNW FEW MDT CU DSNT NW/ 8/200 51003 2 p.m. scattered cu clouds few moderate few accu visibility 45 miles and light haze; temp. 78; dewpoint 57; wind west at 07 mph; six hour max. temp. 78 deg. BHO SA 1755 55 SCT 75 SCT 45 195/78/57/2806/011/ FEW MDT CU LGT HAZE/ 8/260 56009 10078 20064 ALL TIMES EASTERN DAYLIGHT TIME.. WEATHER SUMMARY FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 31: TEMPERATURE (DEGREES F) MAX.....78 NORMAL.....76 HAZEN SHELTER....78.2 AT 3:18 p.m. MIN.....62 NORMAL.....58 HAZEN SHELTER....62.3 AT 11:58 p.m. ** MEAN....70 NORMAL.....67 ** eastern standard time... DEPARTURE FROM 30-YEAR NORMAL.....+ 3 TOTAL DEPARTURE FOR THE MONTH.....+ 2 (-0.2 DEGREES/DAY) PEAK GUST AND AVERAGE WIND SPEED (MPH) PEAK WIND GUST FOR YESTERDAY........25 NNW AT 6:08 P.M. AEROVANE.........28 NNW AT 6:42 P.M. ASOS.............24 NNW AT 6:08 P.M. DAVIS............26 NNW AT 6:07 A.M. FASTEST MILE FOR YESTERDAY..........17 NNW AT 6:07 P.M. HIGHEST ASOS 2 MIN AV...20 NNW AT 4:38 P.M. HIGHEST DAVIS 1 MIN AV...18 NW AT 6:08 P.M. AVERAGE WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION.. 8.5 NW ASOS........... 9.1 NNW / 330 deg. DAVIS.......... 8.5 NNW / 335 deg. PRECIPITATION (INCHES) TOTAL PRECIPITATION 24 HRS ENDING 8 A.M....0.02 DEPARTURE....-0.12 ASOS..............0.01 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE MONTH..........5.82 DEPARTURE....+1.76 ASOS..............5.70 TOTAL PRECIPITATION FOR THE YEAR..........33.55 DEPARTURE....+0.08 ASOS.............31.88 PRELIMINARY CLIMATE SUMMARY FOR AUGUST 2004......CALENDAR DAY DATA DATA REPORTED: 24 HOUR PERIODS ENDING MIDNIGHT EST DATE MAX/MIN/MEAN/DEP/PRECIP/SUN(MIN.)/SUN(%)/ PEAK GUST/AERO GUST ... SUNSHINE DATA NOT YET AVAILABLE 8/1 79/70/75/+3/0.03/165/19 32 MPH SSW AERO 35 MPH SSW 8/2 84/69/77/+5/0/544/63 21 MPH NE 8/3 86/69/78/+6/0/698/81 25 MPH SW AERO 29 MPH SW 8/4 79/65/72/0/0.06/679/79 24 MPH ENE 8/5 70/57/64/-8/0.49/231/27 21 MPH E 8/6 70/56/63/-9/0/419/49 24 MPH N 8/7 72/51/62/-9/0/495/58 17 MPH WNW 8/8 75/52/64/-7/0/774/91 31 MPH W 8/9 80/56/68/-3/0/848/100 25 MPH W 8/10 84/62/73/+2/0/719/85 31 MPH S 8/11 81/66/74/+3/0/177/21 35 MPH S AERO 36 MPH S 8/12 82/67/75/+4/0.62/530/63 33 MPH SSE TSTM 8/13 77/70/74/+3/0.78/008/01 30 MPH SSW TSTM 8/14 83/65/74/+4/0.02/576/69 21 MPH W 8/15 68/60/64/-6/1.55/000/00 28 MPH ENE 8/16 62/58/60/-10/0.18/000/00 18 MPH ENE 8/17 72/57/65/-5/0.04/356/43 18 MPH NNE 8/18 79/58/69/-1/0/685/83 30 MPH S AERO 33 MPH S 8/19 79/67/73/+3/T/206/25 31 MPH S AERO 35 MPH S 8/20 86/68/77/+8/0.02/525/64 31 MPH SSW 8/21 77/59/68/-1/1.24/000/00 54 MPH WSW TSTM AERO 55 MPH WSW 8/22 70/52/61/-8/0/807/99 22 MPH NNW 8/23 79/56/68/-1/0/796/98 24 MPH SW 8/24 71/58/65/-4/0/778/96 24 MPH NNW 8/25 76/55/66/-2/0/807/100 21 MPH SE 8/26 77/55/66/-2/0/804/100 23 MPH S AERO 27 MPH S 8/27 81/60/71/+3/0/714/89 25 MPH SW 8/28 88/68/78/+10/0/663/83 25 MPH SSW 8/29 87/66/77/+10/0/708/89 29 MPH S 8/30 86/69/78/+11/0.19/492/62 28 MPH SSE AERO 31 MPH SSE 8/31 78/62/70/+3/0.60/277/35 24 MPH NNW 9/1 morning low temp. 60... A NEW RECORD LOW MINIMUM TEMP. FOR 8/7 OF 51 DEG; the previous record was 52 degrees in 1950,1964. A NEW RECORD DAILY RAINFALL OF 1.55 INCHES has been established for 8/15; the previous record was 1.31 ins. in 1973. A NEW RECORD PEAK DAILY WIND GUST OF 54 MPH WSW has been established for 8/21; previous record was 51 MPH ESE in 1997. OUR DAILY EXTREMES Temperature and precipitation records back to 1885, and wind records back to 1940 (e = estimated): RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 01 HIGH 93F IN 1969 LOW 47F IN 1975 PRECIP 1.60 INCHES IN 1927 PEAK GUST 59e MPH S IN 1945, SSW IN 1965 RECORDS FOR SEPTEMBER 02 HIGH 99F IN 1953 (SEPTEMBER MAXIMUM RECORD) LOW 44F IN 1909 PRECIP 2.73 INCHES IN 1947 PEAK GUST 55e MPH WNW IN 1944 Today's report: Robert Skilling